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Survival thriller ‘2018’ continues its dream run at the box-office with total collections standing at Rs 160 crore worldwide

Survival thriller ‘2018’ continues its dream run at the box-office with total collections standing at Rs 160 crore worldwide

Filmmaker Jude Anthany Joseph’s Malayalam survival thriller film ‘2018’ had its massive pan-India release on Friday May 26th in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu languages. Winning hearts with its intriguing storyline and powerful performances, the film opened with an approx collection of Rs 1.7 crore which eventually saw a jump and made close to Rs 3.1 crore on the weekend.

Impressively, the surviver thriller film had earlier earned a massive of over ₹100 crore worldwide within just 10 days after its release. ‘2018’ earned a Kerala gross of around ₹50 crore on entering the third week of screening on May 19.

Further, film’s director Jude Anthany Joseph has now shared a new post revealing ‘2018’’ earnings in 25 days. As per the same, the film has earned a massive Rs 160 crore worldwide. With these numbers, the survival thriller has now officially become the highest earning Malayalam movie ever.

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‘2018’ narrates the story of the devastating Kerala floods that occurred in 2018 when people from all walks of life came together to survive the calamity. The film effectively takes forward the message that Humanity can win over adversity.

‘2018’ is jointly produced by Venu Kunnappilly, C. K. Padma Kumar, and Anto Joseph, and is distributed by Kavya Film Company, while the Hindi version was released through Anand Pandit Motion Pictures on 26th May 2023

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